. . . where one of the Boston Marathon suspects is dead and the other is on murderous rampage: It is very important that the remaining suspect be taken alive. The New York Times has identified the two s...

Readers of this blog will know that I have been skeptical of the International Telecommunications Union and its efforts to update the International Telecommunications Regulations.   I still  am cautious ...

That's the title of this interesting little photo collection.  The New York Times' Charlie Savage posted the pictures of the detention facility's library.

The House of Representatives has passed the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, by a vote of 288-127.  This happened after several amendments were adopted (most notably one offered by ...

Financial resources for terrorist groups probably should get more attention here at Lawfare than we give it.  We know that interdiction of terrorist financing has been utterly crucial as a tool of counte...

In this short video, Lord Martin Rees---the British astrophysicist and cosmologist--gives a brief and elegant statement of the problem Gabriella Blum and I have been writing a book about: the disseminati...

This evening, President Obama nominated Avril Haines to be the next Legal Adviser of the State Department. Avril currently serves Deputy Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Securi...

Michael J. Glennon, of Tufts University, has an important new piece out entitled "The Dark Future of Cybersecurity Regulation."  It's a realistic view, in my judgement, of the prospects of international ...